Militarization A Reader

"This wonderfully innovative, distinctive, and timely book has the additional value of taking an anthropological approach to militarism. Its editors have been among the key actors in crafting sharp and valuable critiques of the creeping militarization of their disciplines, particularly as practiced by U.S.-based scholars. This volume offers some of the most cogent explorations of the many-layered workings of militarism." - Cynthia Enloe, author of (Globalization and Militarism) "Militarism's reach extends far beyond the weapons and armed police and soldiers prowling our streets and deployed around the world, as its rhetoric normalizes violence and war. This deeply intersectional collection insists on the vantage point of militarism's victims, historically and today, while exposing those who profit from it. This volume provides an astonishingly comprehensive introduction to the globalized systems threatening not only individuals, but whole nations, peoples, and cultures, all captured by a profoundly militarized United States." - Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies, author of (Understanding ISIS and the New Global War on Terror) "At just over 400 pages, including a very useful twenty-seven-page bibliography, [Militarization] reflects an enormous and dedicated effort. . . . The book offers us a path to think past our disciplinary fetishization of the lone wordsmith in knowledge production." - Keith Brown (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute) "The editors bring a compelling and timely ethic of demilitarization to our discipline. . . . The volume's strength is its comprehensive coverage and intersectional, multidisciplinary approach to militarization and its impacts." - Leah Zani (Anthropological Quarterly)